My expertise lies in developing senior leaders and teams into confident creative thinkers capable of designing and implementing strategic innovation. My success has been working with senior managers wishing to move into senior executive leadership positions.My philosophy for creative leadership and strategic innovation development is built on three foundational principles - self directed leadership and learning; engagement and mined intellectual capital.ProfileNamed as one of IBM's 100 Global Creative Leaders in 2011, Dr Ralph Kerle is an internationally respected thought leader, management innovation consultant, writer & designer of executive programmes on leadership, creativity and innovation and creator of the Management Innovation Index, an analytic that benchmarks and measures innovation.His commercial experience includes consulting on strategic innovation planning and implementation to global top 500 companies, designing and delivering creativity and innovation workshops to hundreds of C+ senior and middle management participants globally.His official appointments include Council Member of the Creativity Association of Asia, a Chinese Government initiative (from which he holds an honorary Doctorate and an Adjunct Professorship); member of the Australian Federal Government’s Innovation Roundtable for the OECD Innovation Strategy Review; a Leader in the US Creative Problem Solving Institute and a Fellow of the US-based think tank, the Center for Cultural Studies & Analysis. He is a former Board Member and a member of the International Committee of the US Creative Education Foundation.He holds a Masters in Creative Industries and in another life was Associate Director of the Sydney Theatre Company.SpecialtiesLeadership and Innovation Senior Executive CoachingStrategic Innovation Visioning, Planning and ImplementationTactical CreativityKey Note Presenter and Writer on Creative Leadership and CreativityMy artistic journey is an extension of my work in creative leadership.